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Adwords Phishing Attempt

If you advertise on Google, read this please.

A client received an email that appeared to be from Google Adwords saying that her campaigns had been stopped and it had a link to follow so she could review the issues.

The link went to google-uki.com.  I could easily see that since I have my email program set [...]

Stupid Spam

These people didn’t even try to hide their URL which obviously doesn’t go to Google.

Please update your primary and backup payment information,
even if you

plan to use the same information. Please follow the steps

below to update your payment information.

Your credit card will only be used and stored as part of
re-enabling your

account.

We will not display or share [...]

Websites, Hacking and Online Security

You would think a magazine named Vanity Fair might be all about fashion and culture  and rich people – which it is, but it’s also one of the best resources I have for in-depth articles about Internet Security, or the lack thereof.

A few months ago, they had an article on Stuxnet, a hacking type program [...]

Privacy (Photos)

How important is your privacy? Some folks care; some don’t. If it’s important to you, I encourage you to check your privacy settings on every online service you use, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google and so forth.

Facebook is now building a database of photos based on those photos that have [...]

Emailing Information Securely

I read this in a LoJack for Laptops newsletter:

Avoid sending tax documents by email, even to your spouse-mail them instead
You’re going to send tax documents by email anyway, aren’t you? OK, then at least encrypt and/or password protect those files

Cute.  But how do you send emails encrypted?   Assuming that most people use Outlook, here’s an [...]